#George Langelaan

[80smovies]

#The Fly #The Fly 1986 #The Fly 1958 #Return of the Fly #Vincent Price #Kurt Neumann #James Clavell #George Langelaan #David Cronenberg #Charles Edward Pogue #Edward Bernds #80s

[chronicsheepdrawing]

What if Gregor Samsa and André Delambre kissed.

#The Metamorphosis #Kafka's Metamorphosis #Gregor Samsa #Langelaan's The Fly #The Fly #George Langelaan #André Delambre #Animals #Invertebrates #Arthropods #Insects #Beetles #Scarab #Flies #Transformation #Character Design #European bug guys

[screamscenepodcast]

Sequels have to walk a tightrope of meeting expectations set by the original while offering more than a rehash of the same plot. Your deadicated hosts see how RETURN OF THE FLY (1959, Bernds) fares with this balancing act!

The films stars Brett Halsey, David Frankham and, returning from the original, Vincent Price.

Editor's Note: Throughout the episode, Ben mistakenly says "Bill Nye" when describing the make up effects. Bill Nye is the science guy; Ben meant to refer to Ben Nye, the head of make up at 20th Century Fox at the time of this film. Apologies!

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 16:35; Discussion 25:18; Ranking 38:06

#podcast #vincent price #brett halsey #david frankham #danielle de metz #john sutton #dan seymour #ed wolff #The Fly #return of the fly #horror #sci-fi #edward bernds #george langelaan #bernard glasser #brydon baker #richard meyer #20th century fox #ben nye

[zagan-akerman]

Inktober Día 19 - La mano

En aquel momento me asalto la terrible sospecha de que la mano empezaba a ejercer un tiránico dominio sobre toda mi persona. Ya no era solamente una mano, sino un brazo entero lo que había dejado de pertenecerme. ¡Y yo no podía hacer nada para evitarlo! La mano tenía, al parecer, otros planes.

#illustration #inktober #inktober2023 #ink #black and white #zagan akerman #nicolas garcia barrera #george langelaan #la otra mano #relatos del antimundo #the other hand #out of time

[830poll]

I20. You with me so far? (Yes… but let's imagine there's an audience that's still very confused… - 20%)

Yeah this town is ridiculous.

You could tell them that I can't narrate to frogs or dogs or cats on logs, so we keep them away for their own safety.

It's mostly true. But it skips all the complicated stuff.

(You're saying I could have been a catboy if it weren't for the ban? This sucks. - 80%)

No! …Yes? Maybe? I don't know. It's possible.

But you could have been something much worse, too! There's better ways to follow your dreams than taking George Langelaan's advice.

...

#8.30 intermission

[the-insect-is-awake]

Christmas Body Horror

I am currently reading The Fly. The short story by George Langelaan.

Several, nonessential, plot points from the story are used in the Cronenberg film. Which I think is kind of cool.

So far I am enjoying the story.

#horror #biological horror #body horror #weird fiction #the fly #the fly 1986

[icharchivist]

It's funny to me that one of Shalem's skills is called Langelaan field, which is also one of Bubs's moves in Versus and a skill from his raid

Also, I just plucked that into Google and it's perhaps named after George Langelaan, a (former British spy and) science-fiction and horror author who wrote, among others, the story The Fly, the story about the guy who invents a teleporter but then a fly comes in and their DNA gets jumbled and he turns into a horrifying abomination

First I thought this might be a reference to how Bubs is a clone and something about DNA jumbling, since he had primal cores inserted into his body which changed some things, but it's probably just because of his weird obsession with calling people flies, since that's what he's the lord of

Apologies if none of this is news btw

the thing that's so funny about those two is that, Shalem always comes out after Beelzebub in term of chronology, so, on a production standpoint, it's Beelzebub that inspires Shalem. Everything Shalem has, it's because Beelzebub has it to start with.

But because of the nature of their dynamic, instead, Shalem is like "that's a great technique you got there. Too bad it's Mine First because i Am The Original" and then she puts her stamps on it and it's her city now.

Typicaly "big sibling steals the younger sibling's shit because technically they're owed to it by being born first"

as for the trivia, i didn't know it was the name of his attack so this information is new to me -- but i know of The Fly, so it makes sense that they associated it with Beelzebub.

in Demonologogy, Beelzebub is the Lord of Flies, after all, so the imagery is going to follow him wherever he goes and it makes sense they infused even more fly energy with his attack by refering The Fly.

that said, the whole "his DNA changed" thing is a really nice catch in term of how the reference to this plot ended up working for him.

so that's super cool!!!

#ichareply #ichafantalks gbf #anonymous #Pretty Fly (For An Astral Guy)

[manuelbazar369world]

[letteraturadiviaggio]

George Langelaan - Regressione

C’è un vecchio che sta morendo. Medici e infermieri, in camice bianco, si danno da fare intorno al suo letto. Su un vassoio di metallo tintinnano degli strumenti. Gli viene infilata una siringa nel braccio. Le voci soffocate, intorno a lui, sembrano quelle che sentiva da bambino, quando si addormentava tra le braccia della mamma. Gli ficcano un tubo in gola. Un rumore metallico, poi lo spingono,…

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#George Langelann #letteratura di viaggio #Libri #Racconti #racconto #Regressione

[thestorymonster]

The Fly (1986) Review

Attention all sci-fi horror enthusiasts! 🚨 Have you seen the 1986 movie The Fly? It's the perfect introduction to the genre, with incredible practical effects and prosthetics that are sure to make even the bravest viewers squirm!

The Fly (1986) For those interested in dipping their toes into the realm of science fiction horror, the 1986 movie The Fly is the perfect introduction. Another film with the same name came out in 1958, so the 1986 movie The Fly is a remake. Written and directed by David Cronenberg, The Fly is based on the short story by George Langelaan. It’s about a scientific genius, Seth Brundle…

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#drama #horror #sci-fi

[viaggiatricepigra]

Opinione: La Mosca, di George Langelaan

Un classico della letteratura internazionale, 

pubblicandolo in una edizione arricchita dalle illustrazioni dell’artista Denis Pitter

Una telefonata nel cuore della notte sta per cambiare la vita di Arthur Browning: l'incomprensibile omicidio di suo fratello Robert, lo scienziato, sconvolge la quotidianità della famiglia e la precipita in un complesso turbinio di sangue, follia e segreti, dove l'unico indizio sembra essere collegato a una misteriosa mosca bianca fuggita da un laboratorio. Pubblicato nel 1957, questo breve e incisivo noir di George Langelaan, che intesse fantascienza, orrore e dramma famigliare, ha ispirato registi del calibro di Kurt Neumann e David Cronenberg a realizzare alcune delle pagine più significative e disturbanti della cinematografia horror della seconda metà del Novecento.

Non ho resistito e appena l'ho visto, doveva essere mio! 

Penso che chiunque conosca anche solo per sentito dire il film "La Mosca" del 1986, ormai un cult del cinema fantascientifico/horror. Tratto da questo minuscolo racconto, ma estremamente interessante e ricco, inutile dire assolutamente originale. Però (il film) se ne ispira solo, la trama è estremamente diversa.  Ma esiste una pellicola estremamente fedele, lo sapevate? 

Infatti prima di quel film ne uscì un altro, nel 1957, "L'esperimento del dott. K". 

Quest'ultimo è una perla in bianco e nero da recuperare assolutamente se fan di questo genere. 

Si, mi perdo parecchio a parlare di cinema, poiché a modo loro sono due esempi di ottimo cinema: 

quella del '57 per la fedeltà alla storia, portando sullo schermo ciò che noi leggiamo in queste pagine;

quella dell'86 perché un cult anni '80, come moltissimi altri film che hanno ampliato e sperimentato, portandoci a sognare nonostante effetti limitati. 

Sinceramente non sapevo che fosse tratto da un racconto. 

Lo sospettavo, in linea di massima. Praticamente tutto si ispira ad altre pellicole e/o a scritti. 

Quindi solo stata felicissima di recuperarlo immediatamente, da aggiungere alla mia libreria e di, appunto, scoprire la storia originale, da cui nacque tutto. 

Non sto a raccontarvi la trama. 

Penso che ci siano così tanti riferimenti ad essa che la potete immaginare, ma non siatene così certi! 

Classificato come noir, saprà sorprendervi durante l'indagine che verrà fuori dalle pagine e la verità che si nasconde dietro una confessione troppo strana per essere vera. 

Se vi approcciate ad esso come una novità assoluta, credo vi saprà conquistare e rapire totalmente. 

Non è solo un noir, ma ci sono tracce di fantascienza e dettagli che potrebbero lasciarvi qualche brivido, se siete molto sensibili. 

Vediamo l'edizione, poiché a meno di 100 paginette, 14,90€ ammetto che sono "carucci". 

Ma è estremamente curata. Nonostante la copertina morbida, ha un bel cartonato con alette, decisamente più spesso della media. Non penso si rovini facilmente. 

Aprendolo poi ci si rende conto di quanto è stato arricchito con illustrazioni ed immagini. 

Un tocco estremamente piacevole. 

Teniamo anche conto che si tratta di una piccola CE. 

Ma mettiamoci dentro anche il fatto che questo racconto era praticamente introvabile.

Credo non venisse stampato dal 1993, e sempre dentro raccolte di racconti di autori vari. 

Tirando le somme, si è un po' caro, ma vista la situazione il prezzo può anche starci. 

Nel complesso, una lettura estremamente veloce, che però riesce a raccontare un mondo.

Una storia estremamente originale e fluida, anche nei momenti più "complessi", non visti attraverso occhi "professionali" ma quotidiani come i nostri. 

Se amate questo tipo di storie, non potete lasciarvelo scappare. 

Unica enorme pecca? 

Non abbiamo altro di Langelaan al momento. 

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[docrotten]

THE FLY (1958) – Episode 133 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“Help me! Please, help meeeeeee! No! Go away! No! Please! Help me! Please, go away! Go away! No! No! No! No!” …said the fly to the spider …and his brother. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss a movie that contains some of the most shocking scenes of the 1950s and which became a milepost in Vincent Price’s career in horror films, The Fly(1958).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 133 – The Fly (1958)

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A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.

IMDb

  Director: Kurt Neumann

Writers: James Clavell (screenplay); George Langelaan (based on a story by)

Cinematographer: Karl Struss

Special makeup effects: Ben Nye 

Selected Cast:

David Hedison (credited as Al Hedison) as André Delambre

Patricia Owens as Hélène Delambre

Vincent Price as François Delambre

Herbert Marshall as Inspector Charas

Kathleen Freeman as Emma

Betty Lou Gerson as Nurse Anderson

Charles Herbert as Philippe Delambre

Eugene Borden as Dr. Éjoute

Torben Meyer as Gaston

The first of five “Fly” movies, The Fly is Jeff’s pick for this episode. It’s one of those movies from his childhood that indelibly printed its horrific scenes in his memory. Watching now, he is still impressed with the movie, especially in the way the story is told and with the Ben Nye-created makeup effects.

Chad agrees that The Fly is a fantastic horror film. It feels more real to him than a lot of science fiction-horror movies of the 50s adding that it is the characters that help make it so. The reveal of Andre’s (David Hedison) fly head feels almost like the face reveal in The Phantom of the Opera (1925). The Fly was nightmare fuel for Whitney when she first saw it as a child on Halloween night, complete with a candy bag that included fake spiders. Daphne fell in love with The Fly during the first few minutes when blood drips down the side of an hydraulic press and the night watchman’s scream morphs into a telephone ringing in Francois’s (Vincent Price) office. 

It’s probably not surprising that the Classic Era Grue Crew thinks The Fly is a true classic of the horror genre. If you’re ready to refresh your memory, as of this writing, The Fly can be streamed from HBO max as well as several PPV sources. It is also available on physical media as a 20th Century Fox Blu-ray and as one of five Blu-ray discs included in Scream Factory’s The Fly Collection. Also included in The Fly Collection are Return of the Fly (1959), Curse of the Fly (1965), The Fly (1986), and The Fly II (1989).

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule is one chosen by next episode’s guest host, Steven Turek: Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) starring Michael Gough.

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Check out this episode!

[chronicsheepdrawing]

I think men should just be allowed to turn into giant bugs sometimes.

#The Fly 1958 #Kafka's Metamorphosis #Franz Kafka #George Langelaan #Langelaan's The Fly #Animals #Invertebrates #Arthropods #Arachnids #Insects #Tarantulas #Cockroaches #Flies #Beetles #Red Legged Tarantula #Dubia Roach #Dung Beetle #Suicidal Ideation TW #The metaphor of George looking toward a hospital but unable to receive help just hit me aaaa #Carrot Cake the Tarantula

[texaxwib]

The Fly (1958) - Turner Classic Movies ~ https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75222/the-fly/#overview

#DidYouKnow ~ The movie is based on the short story "The Fly" by George Langelaan in Playboy (Jun 1957).

#movies #vintage #classic #classic movies #throwback #throwback thursday #entertainment history #entertainment trivia #entertainment

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Fly (Kurt Neumann, 1958).

#the fly #the fly (1958) #kurt neumann #karl struss #merrill g. white #james b. gordon #james clavell #george langelaan

[screamscenepodcast]

Based on the famous 1957 short story from George Langelaan comes THE FLY (1958) from director/producer Kurt Neumann! This disturbing horror stars Patricia Owens, David Hedison, Vincent Price and Herbert Marshall.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 48:16; Discussion 1:03:28; Ranking 1:35:40

#podcast #kurt neumann #george langelaan #the fly #david hedison #patricia owens #vincent price #herbert marshall #james clavell #karl struss #charles herbert #kathleen freeman #betty lou gerson #eugene borden #torben meyer #robert lippert #regal films #20th century fox #paul sawtell #merrill white #horror #classic horror #sci fi #cinemascope #buzz buzz